This picture captures the moment perfectly.  (Concept stolen from somewhere else.)

Do you not know ?

Backward compatibility is so last gen / sarcasm 

Yeah a core value . What is the PS3 core SKU ?

Maybe the 40 GB SKU ( at least in Europe ) .... 

Of course not.  But they don't have to lie about it.  They can just say, "we have nothing to announce" and the vast majority of people won't know about it anyway.  If the come out and lie about it like scumbags, then the people who say, "ah, I'm safe to buy a 60GB for MGS4 since there won't be any price drops or 40GB model since Sony told me that," will feel like they've been lied to.

You know, because they were lied to.  It's okay, Sony has been caught in blatent lies before.

We ran the story a bit earlier this morning that the UK is getting a 40GB PS3 model at a fancy new €399 price point. The new model won't support PS2 backwards compatibility and will have two less USB ports and no multi-card memory reader.

What wasn't clear from the release was what exactly was going on with the 60GB model, which is being reduced in price to €499. Turns out it is indeed going the way of the US version of the 60GB model.

From Nick Sharples, Sony's Director of Corporate Communications in Europe:

The 60GB Starter pack will remain on sale until stocks run out (a number of months, depending on territory.) Thereafter, the 40GB model will be the only SKU in the SCEE region.

I feel like we need to have a wake or something. Meanwhile the SCEA folks remind us that no announcements have been made for North America about potential price drops, SKU shuffling or new models.


1:50 PM ON FRI OCT 5 2007
BY BRIAN CRECENTE

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/scee-ps3-60gb-nixed-for-uk-too-307651.php

Still justified?

Another stupid thread by wii fanboys that hate sony on the stupid fanboy forum.

nintendo shill site this is.

Actually, of the SKUs available in Europe 1 out of 1 won't have BC. So that's all of them. It's unclear if this will eventually be the case in the US.

Anyone want to make any bets as to whether Sony is lying about this?  The obvious choice seems to be 'yes, they're lying'. 

Oh ok, if you say so. :p

That makes no sense. 

Either backwards compatibility is no longer a core value, or the 40GB PS3 is not a part of the PlayStation format that transcends many devices.

(If this is true about the new PS3 not having backwards compatibility) 

Sony's trying to get FTW, but instead, they are cutting their own throat.

Think about this - there are what like 120 million folks that have bought PS2s. There are still close to 80k sold each week - and just as standard Sony playbook protocol calls for - orphan products.

It never fails - when Sony smells blood in the water, what do they do? Take the product off life support and let that puppy die. I got burned with their PS2 HDD ... and others got burned by the PS2 Linux Kit - the UMD - betamax - minidiscs - their MP3 player line and the list goes on ... so now, we can add BC to that list.

It makes no sense for Sony, who apparently believes the fresh crap analysts are shoveling, to do this to gamers. They are currently holding down last place like a champ. And yet they believe 2007 will be the year of the PS3? Now, they are saying 2008 - even 2009. Nice ...

All I have to say about this foolishness is - you need a new team of advisers, with gaming backgrounds - and can comprehend what gamers want. Changing the rules midgame doesn't cut it.